Starting with one big picture question of all the enterprises affected by the pandemic yours has to be one fe. The most you are about mobility and people have not been mobile. What is the main discovery will surprise you are taken from this experience. We lost 80 percent in eight weeks. That was quite surprising. But maybe even more surprising isat what happened next. People, no matter the circumstances in the midst of epidemic still have a desire to travel. Didnt want to go to crowded hotels, they did want to get in the car and go to another community and live there somewhere getting homes from airbnb there is a fundamental desire to travel and connect and see the world i dont think anything can stop it let alone a pandemic especially if veyou do it responsibly but there is a strong will to see the world it has to be done in a much narrower context. Host airbnb is a new way to do something people have done for a long time to travel and lodging. Because there is a large structure of ar
Deborahears, my wife and i have traveled across the country, especially across the towns, to learn about those parts of the american story. For conversation about future travel, i am glad to welcome the. Eo of airbnb, brian thank you so much for joining us. I have questions about your business in the olden times, in the future times. I want to start with one big picture question about all the enterprises that have an affected by the enterprise, yours has to be most affected. You are about mobility, and people have not been mobile. What is the main lesson, surprise, or discovery that you personally have taken from the experience in the last eight months or so. Ourn we lost about 80 of business in eight weeks, that we had spent about a decade building. That was quite surprising. What may have been even more surprising what is what happened next. What happens next is people, no matter the circumstances, in the midst of the pandemic, still had the desire to travel. They did not want to get
People have not been mobile. What is the main lesson, surprise, or discovery that you personally have taken from the experience in the last eight months or so. Ourn we lost about 80 of business in eight weeks, that we had spent about a decade building. That was quite surprising. What may have been even more surprising what is what happened next. What happens next is people, no matter the circumstances, in the midst of the pandemic, still had the desire to travel. They did not want to get on planes, they were not necessarily traveling for business, they did not want to go to a hotel or crowded tourist district, but they did want to get in a car with a tank of gas and go to a community, and often some of them were getting homes with airbnb. So i think there is just a fundamental desire that people have to travel, to connect, the see the world, and i dont think that anything can stop it, let alone a pandemic. Obviously, people have to do it responsibly, but there is still a very strongwil
White house whether the president sticks to that. A lot of people think the president is throwing out a negotiating ploy here. Im taking at his word likes he doesnt want to do it virtually. I dont know what the alternative can be and next debate further back. What are you hearing . Reporter keep in mind, neil, this all happened very quick. The commission on president ial debates this morning said the next president ial debate would be virtual. Moments later President Trump appeared on Maria Bartiromos show, no, no, he will not be involved in that at all. The campaign clearly took the cue from the president they then put out a statement saying instead the president will hold a rally that evening. Joe bidens campaign has just come out and said instead on that evening biden will speak and take questions from voters as the debate was supposed to be a town hallstyle format. Here were first reactions from President Trump and joe biden this morning. Watch. President trump no, i dont want to d
Enthusiasm for his candidacy. At a Campaign Event in gettysburg today, only a few people bothered to show up. In fact, there were more Trump Supporters outside the event with protrump signs and flags than inside the event. It is clear that bidens handlers u the democrat the democrat establishment and wall street dont want the American People to see just how incapable their candidate is. The corporate leftwing National Media are also plague their part if trying playing their part in trying to prop up the dems candidate. Biden took part in a town hall with comcast nbc last night. Among the participants who revealed their political positions, none of them were supporters of President Trump. The next question comes from Ingrid Alexander who is undecided but leaning towardses biden. Michelle cruz is from coral gables, used to be registered republican but voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Lets go to ismael who voted for Hillary Clinton but has voted republican in the past. [laughter] lou no